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When the Hands are Many Community Organization and Social Change in Rural Haiti

Paperback • 2001 • English

When the Hands are Many Community Organization and Social Change in Rural Haiti

By Jennie Marcelle Smith

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About the book

In an ethnography that challenges standard approaches to understanding the poor and disempowered, Jennie M. Smith's descriptions of peasant activity change what constitutes a democratic society. Through their civil institutions and artistic expression, Haitian peasants, widely known as some of the world's most impoverished, politically disempowered, and illiterate citizens, debate the meanings of development, democracy, and the public good. Smith offers a historically grounded overview of how th...Show more

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ISBN

9780801486739

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

When the Hands are Many Community Organization and Social Change in Rural Haiti

Format

Paperback

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